Aerial view of Ancient Athens / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Donald Kagan / 10.09.2007 Sterling Professor of Classics & History Yale University Introduction Wikimedia Commons I remind you again that even though this is very extreme and other Greeks say that they’re not going to live that way, they admire it tremendously, because it[…]

The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, is a former Benedictine monastery in the French city of Caen, Normandy, dedicated to Saint Stephen. It was founded in 1063 by William the Conqueror with construction continuing through Gothic cathedral additions in the 14th century. It is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Normandy. / Wikimedia Commons Lecture[…]

Segovia Aqueduct, Spain / Photo by Håkan Svensson, Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Diana E.E. Kleiner / 04.14.2009 Dunham Professor, History of Art and Classics Yale University Roman Colonies in the West We have looked at what happened when Rome took over civilizations that were older than Rome’s own, and arguably even more advanced than[…]